University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers a wide selection of publications particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, including some newly developed to address specific concerns during this time. New publications include: #4103 Social Distancing: What is it? Why do it? And How to Make the Time at Home with Your Kids Fun #1065 How Can […]
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Morning Ag Clips, Daily Bulldog, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel and Turner Publishing carried a news release announcing that University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Camps and Learning Centers created an outdoor activity series titled “Wednesdays in the Woods.” The series started April 8 and streams live every Wednesday at noon on the UMaine 4-H […]
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The Republican Journal announced registration is open at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast for undergraduate and graduate summer online and remote-access courses and Early College courses offered May 11 through Aug. 21. UMaineOnline offers more than 400 courses during Summer University, in addition to previously scheduled on-campus courses at the center that […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Caribou Homemakers recently made and donated 110 fabric face masks to area hospitals and nursing homes in central Aroostook County. UMaine Extension Homemakers is a volunteer group that develops leadership skills, supports community causes, and promotes Extension’s educational programs in nine Maine counties. Several locations with active Homemaker groups are […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported a team of professors and students at the University of Maine is vetting information about COVID-19 for the Bangor Public Health and Community Services Department. The team looks at new coronavirus research, government regulations and case figures, and answers to questions about the pandemic, and supplies vetted […]
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News Center Maine quoted Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on Lyme disease risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. People are more likely to spend time outside to combat isolation, but need to take precautions to protect themselves and their pets from deer ticks that can […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published a release announcing University of Maine Cooperative Extension is delaying the opening of all drop-off locations for greenhouse plastic recycling until on or about June 21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pilot program, originally scheduled to begin in April, was developed by UMaine […]
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The latest episode of “The Maine Question” asks, why do viruses go viral? The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has led to a pandemic that swept the globe, halted economies and upended life as we know it. In the seventh episode of the second season, host Ron Lisnet talks with Melissa Maginnis, an assistant professor […]
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University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library is asking students, staff and alumni to help preserve the story of this unprecedented time in our community. The COVID-19 Community Archive Project will document the actions, thoughts and reflections of the UMaine community as they navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. To create this archive, Fogler […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Camps and Learning Centers have created a new outdoor activity series designed to stream live on the UMaine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Tanglewood Facebook page each Wednesday at noon. The first “Wednesdays in the Woods” was held April 8 with a challenge activity — identifying creatively camouflaged […]
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